基于过渡-稀土金属团簇的磁制冷材料研究进展

磁制冷技术是借助磁制冷材料的磁热效应来实现制冷目的的一种新型环保制冷技术,有望逐步替代传统气体压缩制冷技术,而磁制冷材料则成为材料领域的研究热点之一。研究表明,金属团簇在低温磁制冷领域有着巨大的潜力,特别是高核数的过渡-稀土金属团簇。对基于过渡-稀土金属团簇的磁制冷材料最新研究动态进行了综述,讨论分析了典型的过渡-稀土金属团簇的磁制冷性能,并对该领域未来的发展进行了展望。

Research Progress of Magnetic Refrigeration Materials Based on Transition-Metal-Lanthanide(3d-4f)Clusters

Magnetic refrigeration technology is an updated environmental refrigeration technology,which realizes the purpose of refrigeration by the magnetocaloric effect of magnetic refrigeration materials.It is expected to gradually replace the traditional gas compression refrigeration technology,and magnetic refrigeration materials have become one of the research hotspots in the field of materials.The results show that metal clusters have great potential in the field of low temperature magnetic refrigeration,especially the transition-metal-lanthanide(3d-4f)metal clusters with high core number.In this paper,the latest research trends of magnetic refrigeration materials based on 3d-4f metal clusters are reviewed.The magnetic refrigeration performance of typical 3d-4f metal clusters is discussed,and the future development of this field is prospected.